Insole for shoes.



T. Nl. HAYS'.v

INSOLE FOR SHOES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 22.1917.

Patented Nov. 27, 1917n m n s SW M W THIIS II. HAYS, QF HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA.

INSOLE FOR SHOES.

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Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov., 2t', 121'?.

Application filed J une 22, 1917. Serial No. 176,411.

To all lwtom t may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS M. HAYs, a -citizen of the United States, residing at Huntington, in thecounty of Cabell and State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in In soles for Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements 1n insoles for shoes, and has for one of its objects to improve the construction and -1ncrease the eciency and utility of devlces of this character.

Another object of the invention is toprovide an insole of suitable flexible material and with means whereby the insole is retained in position within the shoe and pre-l vented from wrinkling or displacement or displacement therein.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claims; and in the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the 1nvention- Figure 1 is a silile elevation of a shoe, partly in section, with the improvement aplied' p Fig. 2 is a transversle section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a detached plan view of one of the improved devices.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The detachable insoles for shoes as ordinarily constructed are liable to slip within the shoeand to wrinkle under the pressure to which they are subjected by the footof the wearer, and to produce an insole whlch will eectually resist all tendency to creep,

wrinkle, orto become otherwise displacedvv is the principal object of the present ingerftion. f'

The improved insole may be constructed of any suitable material su as rubber, sponge rubber, synthetic rubber or like material, which while po i g suiiic1ent Hexibility to adapt itself to the contour of lthe inner sole of the shoe will at the same time i be slightly yieldable to the pressure of the the projections 12 are slightly in excess of i the interior of the shoe, so that when the body 10 is disposed within the shoe the points 14 will be turned up against the adjacent walls of the upper 13 of the shoe as14A shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and thereby frictionally engaging the upper and eectually preventing any tendency of the insole to either slip, wrinkle, or be otherwise displaced. The pointed form of the projec` the adjacent portions of the upper 13, and each point engaging only a limited area of the upper they adhere thereto with suificient force to prevent movement between the inx tions 12 cause them to be vpressed against sole and the part ofthe shoe with which it is engaged.

rl`he improved article is` simple in construction, can be inexpensively manufactured of any suitable material, and adapted without structural change to shoes of various shapes and sizes.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is: ,Y

1. An insole comprising a body of flexible material conforming substantially to the outline of a shoe and ada-pted to bear upon the inner face of the sole'portion of the same, said body having projections at the edges arranged side by side and adapted to engagethe material of the upper of the shoe next to the sole and prevent the displacement of the insole.

2. An insole comprising a body of flexible material conforming substantially to the outline of a shoe and slightly less in area?" than the interior of the same, said body being adapted to bear upon the inner face of the sole portion of the shoe and having 5 V shaped rojections at the edges arranged side by si e and extending initlally beyond the interior area of the shoe, whereby when the insole is inserted the points will be i turned up and engage the material of the upper of the shoe next to the sole thereof 10 and prevent displacement of the insole.

In testimony whereof I ax my signature.

THOMAS M. HAYS. [Lge] 

